DL/A-Z//SPER - [Correspondence with Dan Sperling]

DL/A-Z//SPER

File

[Correspondence with Dan Sperling]

1986-1987

4 Letters (typescript)

Sperling, Dan
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

4 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Dan Sperling and Doris Lessing, regarding an Afghan Refugee Fund proposal. Includes an information sheet about the ARF proposal, detailing a "chain-story" collaboration (item 001).

DL/A-Z//SPER/002 [from Afghan Refugee Fund to Doris Lessing, 26/12/1986]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Encloses a copy of the ARF proposal (item 001). Writes that it "didn't seem a bad idea" and asks Lessing for her comments. Discusses family and recent health issues.

DL/A-Z//SPER/004 [from Doris Lessing to Dan Sperling, 23/03/1987]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she had "decided against it", and that she has had "uncomfortable feelings about the idea from the start". Writes that the "chief difficulty" is the Afghan setting, and that she would be full of "misgivings". Also writes that there is something "gimmicky" about the whole thing.